MONDAY, OCTOBER 10.2005
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN 3B
NFL
Broncos beat odds, Redskins
SPORTS
EDDIE PELLS THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
DENVER — The offense wasn't moving. Denver was facing overtime in the ice, bitter rain. Linebacker Ian Gold stuck his hand out, knocked down a pass, and with that, the Broncos showed that Washington isn't the only team that can find odd and ugly ways to win the close ones.
Gold knocked away Mark Brunell's 2-point conversion pass with 1.09 left Sunday to help Denver hang onto a 21-19 victory and keep the Redskins from adding yet another fantastic finish to their charmed season.
The problems that plagued Plummer didn't bother Brunell.
"Later in the season, you don't remember how they came, you only remember it's a win," said Broncos quarterback Jake Plummer, held to 92 yards passing in the rain drive.
He went 30-for-53 for 322 yards and drove the Redskins 94 yards for the touchdown — an 11-yard pass to Chris Cooley — that pulled Washington (3-1) within two.
On the conversion try, Brunell spotted David Patten open in the back of the end zone for a moment, but Gold came over and batted down the pass to prevent a possible overtime.
"You saw what his speed and athleticism will do," Broncos linebacker Al Wilson said. "It was a hell of a play."
The Redskins won their first three games by a total of six points, including a grinding 20-17 overtime win last week that came only after Seattle kicker Josh Brown hit the upright on the last play of regulation. This time, though, no great finish.
In the first quarter, Bell took a toss on fourth-and-1 and faked out Phillip Daniels en route to a 34-yard score. That stood as Bell's longest career run until the third quarter, when he burst through the Washington defense on a sweep for a 55-vard touchdown.
While Gold's big play saved the game, Tatum Bell made the difference for Denver (4-1) the rest of the time, rushing for 127 yards and two long scores to help the Broncos to a 21-10 lead.
"This one is going to hurt, it's supposed to hurt." Brunel said.
"I just have to keep working," said Bell, demoted behind Mike Anderson in training camp this year. "I don't want to just be a one-game wonder."
BIG 12 FOOTBALL
NORMAN, Okla. — Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops said Sunday he expects tailback Adrian Peterson to be able to play in the Sooners' game next week at Kansas after being limited by a sprained right ankle during a loss to Texas on Saturday.
play enough during the 45-12 loss to the Longhorns to make the injury worse and should be closer to full speed when the Sooners face Kansas on Saturday.
Injured Sooner to heal before Kansas game
"He got better and better as the week went, and was close the other day," Stoops said.
Stoops said Peterson didn't
Peterson set a freshman record last year with 1,925 rushing vards.
— The Associated Press
BY R.B. FALLSTROM THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Seahawks break losing streak against Rams
NFL
ST. LOUIS — The toughest part of Joe Jurevicius' biggest day in the NFL had nothing to do with filling in as a starting wide receiver for the Seattle Seahawks. It was the bus ride past the hospital where his son died that was tough to take.
nine passes for 137 yards and a touchdown in Seattle's 37-31 victory Sunday over St. Louis. On the way to the game, the Seahawks drove past the hospital where Jurevicius' young son, Michael William, died of a neurogenetic disease in 2003.
Jurevicius caught a career-best
And the memories flooded back.
"This is a hard place for me to play," said Jurevicius, who
helped the Tampa Bay Buccaneers beat the Raiders in the Super Bowl a few weeks before.
The Seahawks snapped a tourgame losing streak against the Rams that included a first-round playoff loss last season. Shaun Alexander ran for 119 yards a pair of scores and Matt Hasselbeck threw for 316 yards and two touchdowns, and Seattle (3-2) moved into first place in the NFC west.
On Sunday, Jurevicius — who vaulted to the top of Seattle's depth chart because of injuries to Darrell Jackson and Bobby Engram — had his son in mind when he scored.
"This is not being said with any disrespect, but we expected to win this game," Hasselbeck said.
"On my touchdown, I wrote a little 'M' in the grass and threw the ball up to him," he said.
MLB
Astros beat Braves 7-6 in 18th inning
BY STEPHEN HAWKINS THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
HOUSTON — Roger Clemens and the Houston Astros gave a whole new meaning to the word "longevity."
The 43-year-old Rocket came out of the bullpen to rescue the Astros and Chris Burke ended the longest postseason game in baseball history with a home run in the 18th inning, lifting Houston over the Atlanta Braves 7-6 Sunday and into the NL championship series.
The Braves took a five-run lead into the eighth, and were poised to send this first-round series back to Atlanta for a decisive Game 5 tonight. Instead, Lance Berkman hit a grand slam in the eighth and Brad Ausmus tied Game 4 with a two-out homer in the ninth barely beyond Gold Glove center fielder Andruw Jones' outstretched glove.
Then, at 6-all, the Braves and Astros began the real endurance test that wound up lasting 5 hours, 50 minutes.
Eric Gay/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
With Clemens pitching three innings in his first relief appear-
Houston Astros pitcher Roger Clemens works in the top of the 18th inning against the Atlanta Braves in Game 4 of the National League Division Series on Sunday in Houston. Houston won 7-6 in the 18th inning and will advance to the National League Championship Series.
ance since 1984 — and this time atoning for a poor start in Game 2 — the Astros advanced to play the St. Louis Cardinals in the NLCS starting Wednesday.
Injured
action we've seen all year," Kansas volleyball coach. Ray Bechard said. "The game lasted 1 hour and 45 minutes, and we played really well for 45 minutes."
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Kansas came out flat the first game, losing 30-16. Hitting efficiency was -.103 with 11 errors committed in the first set.
Beachard said Nebraska's serving was a little tougher in the first game than in the second game.
The "Rufio" chant seemed to help the Jayhawks in game two when they defeated the Cornhuskers 50-26.
"Our passing was much better in game two." Bechard said.
Kansas' hit efficiency was a remarkable .395 against the best team in the country. Kansas had 19 kills en route to its first game won against Nebraska since Oct. 8, 2003. Senior Josi Lima said committing only four errors set the tone for game two and game three.
Kansas played Nebraska tough in game three, but fell 22-30.
"It was 20-20 in game three, and we got to make something happen," Bechard said. "There is a world of difference going up 2-1, then down 2-1. That's why Nebraska is great, that's why they are No. 1, and that's why we're going to keep working on what we need to work on."
Nebraska won the match after defeating Kansas, 30-15 in game four. Nebraska held Kansas to a .077 hit efficiency in the final game.
Kansas was missing integral team-member junior Jana Correa, who suffered a season-ending knee injury on Oct. 5. Megan Hill, junior outside hitter, filled Correa's shoes, turning in six kills.
"Megan does a great job, finally getting her chance now." Emily Brown, sophomore opposite hitter/setter, said.
Brown said Correa was an inspirational, irreplaceable player.
Brown led the Jayhawk offense with 16 kills and a .333 hitting efficiency.
"I finally felt comfortable with what I was doing," she said.
Bechard said Brown's performance was what the team needed from Brown every night.
After a week off, Kansas will face Border Showdown rival Missouri on Oct. 15 in Columbia, Mo.
Nebraska finished the game with a hitting efficiency of .292 compared to Kansas' .071. Christina Houghtelling, Nebraska junior, led the Huskers with 14 kills.
The next home game is Oct.
19 against Iowa State.
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